BROWSE the
Mississippi Writer Listings

The Mississippi Writers Pagebrings together in one place a wide assortment of information
about Mississippi's plethora of literary artists. To better enable our
guests to find what they are looking for, we offer a number of methods
to browse the informational documents present on this web site.

Whats Here?

At the heart of The Mississippi Writers
Page are the Writer Listings, individual articles on Mississippi
writers which include biographical and critical commentaries on the
writers, a comprehensive list of their publications, media adaptations,
a selective bibliography of critical resources, and an assortment of
resources available on the Internet.

Ways to Browse

Below the web site logo on nearly every page
are links which take you directly to different methods by which to find
a particular Mississippi writer of interest to you. The most obvious
methods are the author
and title
listseach of these are sorted alphabetically by last name or book
title. The other main methods by which the writers are categorized are
by place
in Mississippi, by the years
of a writer's life, and by the genre(s)
in which a writer wrote.

From these lists you may link to the articles for each author. Because
of the large number of writers involvedthe current incomplete
count is 260 writersindividual articles on many of the writers
listed are not yet complete; nevertheless, the information presented
in the lists themselves about these writers's hometowns, their lifespans,
and their chosen genres may be helpful in narrowing your search for
information using other methods.

Which Method Should I Use?

Obviously, you should select a browsing method
appropriate to what information you already know. If you know a writer's
name, then the author
browse would most likely be your method of choice. If you know
the title of a work but are uncertain who wrote it, then the title
browse might be more useful. If you're certain that a writer
is dead, then the year
of death browse might be the quickest way to find results. And
so forth.

In addition to these five main methods of browsing, there are prose
introductions to the four main genres of writingdrama,
fiction, nonfiction,
and poetrywhich can be accessed
by clicking on the appropriate word in the graphic logo at the top
of each page.
Each introduction features a brief appraisal of the most renowned
Mississippi writers in each genre with links to individual articles.
Over time, we also will establish pages devoted to highlights
in each genre, focusing on what we deem are the very best examples
from each genre that were written by Mississippi writers.

Other Features

The Writer Listings comprise the heart
of The Mississippi Writers Page, but by no means are they
all we have to offer. Other features include Just
Published, a list of recent and soon-to-be-released books by
Mississippi writers; Literary
Landmarks, a travelogue (still in development) of Mississippi
towns, places, and landmarks made famous in the writings of Mississippi
authors; the Mississippi
Writer Timeline, a chronology of births and deaths, awards,
publications, and other significant events in the literary history of
the state; and news
and events
pertaining to the literary scene in Mississippi. These and other features
are available both from the green navigational buttons along the left
side of the screen and from the text links at the bottom of every page.

Summary of Browsing Methods

Listed below is a summary of the various means
of browsing the Writer Listings.

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for improvement, to report errors (both technical and factual), or simply
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The Department of English, The University of Mississippi, University,
MS 38677.